NEWP's from The Bellaire Show
JCMhouston
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I arrived around 9:30 this morning and the room seemed to be fairly busy. Got to meet dizzlecc and Stuart at the show also. I think they had around 40-50 dealers, and for a show not well advertised it looked like a pretty good turnout, I think Alex told me this was the first time they had a winter show. Alex was holding an 1849 (Godless) Florin in 64 for me to look at which I wound up buying, and also had a very nice 1912 B Trade Dollar in 64 that I picked up. My good camera is packed already so just took a couple of quick shots. Both look better in hand, the trade $ in particular has an overall reddish gold tone which I find attractive, and the Florin with very good luster and some dark toning.
The Godless Florin is so-called because the term Dei Gratia was ommitted from the obverse, while a number of patterns were struck dated 1848 the 1849, with a mintage of 414,000 is the only year of official issue for the type. None were issued in 1850 and in 1851 a revised obverse was issued called the Gothic type Florin using Roman numerals for the date and Gothic script for the lettering. Note the denomination is give on the reverse as One Florin, and also One Tenth of a Pound, an attempt at decimal coinage. William Wyon desinged the obverse and it really is a well done portrait.
The trade dollar was minted at both Bombay and Calcutta and designed to facilitate British trade thoughout the orient. The reverse legends are in both Chinese and Malay. The 1912 B is a slightly tougher date to find in high grade, in 64 the population is 5/0.
The Godless Florin is so-called because the term Dei Gratia was ommitted from the obverse, while a number of patterns were struck dated 1848 the 1849, with a mintage of 414,000 is the only year of official issue for the type. None were issued in 1850 and in 1851 a revised obverse was issued called the Gothic type Florin using Roman numerals for the date and Gothic script for the lettering. Note the denomination is give on the reverse as One Florin, and also One Tenth of a Pound, an attempt at decimal coinage. William Wyon desinged the obverse and it really is a well done portrait.
The trade dollar was minted at both Bombay and Calcutta and designed to facilitate British trade thoughout the orient. The reverse legends are in both Chinese and Malay. The 1912 B is a slightly tougher date to find in high grade, in 64 the population is 5/0.
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I really like that 1849's obverse design! Thanks for also including some historical information concerning it.
- Jim
Probably two of the greatest designs ever there
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